Since it was still SNOWING, I decided to get on the treadmill to run this virtual race. Mental note to me - treadmill running STILL feels much harder than outside running! Here is a cute funny though... when I was heading down to get on the treadmill in my tank and shorts, my seven year old Marcus said in a very concerned tone, "Mom! You DO know that it is freezing out there, right???" I told him not to worry and that I was just going on the treadmill. :)
I set two rules for myself for this race - I was going to start the treadmill at 8.5 (a 6:58 pace), and there would be no slowing down or stopping, only speeding up until I was done. I finished running at a 10.0 (6:00 pace), and finished with a final time of 21:18 (an average 6:52 pace for the 3.1 miles).
Here is my super short race report -
I blasted my IPOD through my treadmill speakers and was on my way.
My thoughts -
Mile 1 - Yee haw! Here we go. Running fast is FUN.
Mile 2 - Oh crap. What have I done. This is fast, I am tired, and I have to maintain this or get faster for quite a while still. I wish I was running outside.
Mile 3 - Thank goodness - only a mile left. I hope I don't throw up on my new(ish) treadmill.
last .1 - Holy cow - I am running really fast. I have never run at 10.0 before on a treadmill (although I have been faster outside). Woo hoo!
21:18 is a new PR.
Josh came down and snapped a few pics while I was running...
Thanks Alicia for hosting this!!! :)
16 comments:
Wow! Too good runs in one day and grats on the new PR! I am sure it felt good!
Congrats on the new PR! :)
that is AWESOME. congrats on the PR! that is super fast! i like how you kept increasing the speed and didn't allow yourself to slow down. you had quite a day!!
Sweet!
Holy PR, Batman!
WOO HOO great job!!
Speedy Gonzalez!!!! Way to go!
I had no idea treadmills had speakers - I learned something new today.
Congratulations on your speedy virtual 5k!
What's up Speedy!!! Way to go! I miss my treadmill so much!!!
Wow, you are fast! I would have flown off the treadmill at that pace. :)
Great runs!
Holy SPEEDY!! Nice job - congrats!!
How the heck can you smile and give thumbs up while running that fast? That's about the time I would have started swearing!
Speedy... Great job lady!
Nice guns!
You are so smoking fast! Love the action shots. I'd be hurling for sure if I tried to run at 10.
that is AWESOME. congrats on the PR! that is super fast! i like how you kept increasing the speed and didn't allow yourself to slow down. you had quite a day!! thanks for sharing here..
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